Amendments to the Law “About introduction of a visa-free regime for citizens of some states within 60 days”

Amendments, 09-04-2019

The president of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbay Jeenbekov signed amendments to the Law “About introduction of a visa-free regime for citizens of some states within 60 days”. The law was adopted in order to simplify the procedures of visa issuing to foreign citizens and to contribute to the development of tourism in Kyrgyzstan. The amendments to the law were adopted by the Jogorku Kenesh (parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic on February 28, 2019.

The amendments extend the validity of the visa-free regime for citizens of certain states until December 31, 2025 and expand the list of countries by 7 new states, whose citizens won’t have to apply for an entry visa. This unilateral visa-free regime is valid up to 60 days.

The new countries included in the visa-free regime are:

Brazil

Argentina

Chile

Andorra

Montenegro

San marino

Oman

Romania

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Visa-free regime before 09-04-2019

Remember, that the original list of countries enjoying the unilateral 60 days visa-free regime included the following countries:

Australia

Austria

Bahrain

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brunei-Darussalam

Canada

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Kuwait

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Monaco

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States of America

Vatican

Besides, citizens of the following countries are exempt from visa requirement to enter Kyrgyzstan:

Azerbaijan Republic

Republic of Armenia

Republic of Belorussia

Georgia

Republic of Kazakhstan

Korean Democratic People’s Republic

Republic of Cuba

Malaysia (with official and tourist purpose up to 1 month)

Republic of Moldova

Mongolia (up to 3 months)

Russian Federation

Vietnam

Republic of Tajikistan

Turkey (up to 1 month)

Ukraine (up to 3 months)

Japan

Republic of Uzbekistan (up to 2 months)

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